Ghana has potentential for Wind Energy

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE, COPENHAGEN

Windmills in Aalborg, Denmark

Mr Iver Høj Nielsen, Head of Press, State of Green Consortium, a public-private partnership in Denmark leading in the transition to a green growth economy, has said that Ghana has the potential for wind energy.

“South Africa and Ghana have lots of wind,” he told a group of 12 environmental journalists from Ghana, South Africa and Kenya on a Green Growth study tour of Denmark, who visited the office of the consortium referred to as the ‘House of Green’.

Ghanaians to enjoy more power soon as Compact II takes off mid-year

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Mr Bloom giving assurance to all Ghanaians

There may be some relief in sight for power consumers as the country is in the final lap of negotiations for Ghana Compact ll under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) that focuses on the energy sector.

Mr Jonathan O. Bloom, Deputy Vice-President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for Africa, has given an assurance that the Compact ll was due to take off by the middle of the year.

Water for each Ghanaian reduces from 110 barrels to 48 daily

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Ghana's water availability figure of about 40,000 barrels for each person a year in 1960, going by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) figures, dwindled to about 10,178 barrels annually in 2013.

This means there has been a whooping reduction of about 60 per cent of water that is available to every Ghanaian in the spate of 53 years.

Civil society must investigate huge payments to consultants

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Mr Ibrahim Musah presenting the evaluation report

Mr Ibrahim Musah, Head of Policy and Partnerships, WaterAid Ghana, a non-governmental organisation in water and sanitation, has urged civil society to investigate allegations of huge disbursements of funds meant for sanitation projects to consultants.

Lack of political will, cause of Ghana’s sanitation woes – WaterAid

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Dr Afia Zakiya, CR - WaterAid Ghana

WaterAid Ghana, an international non-governmental organisation, has blamed Ghana’s sanitation crisis on the lack of will and commitment on the part of the government to deal with issues in the sector.

Gender gaps in water, sanitation services

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Mrs Patience Agyare-Kwabi delivering the Gender Assessment report

An assessment of the delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in 16 districts in five regions of the country has revealed numerous gender gaps in the delivery of these services.

The assessment was carried out by the Government of Ghana and United Nations Children's Fund (GOG/UNICEF).

Beware! You may be eating more than food

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Mrs Theodora Adomako-Adjei, National Coordinator, GHD

While I was driving on one of the streets of Accra recently, a colleague drew my attention to a man who was busily washing his hands in water that had collected on the shoulders of the road as a result of a downpour the previous night.

Naturally we were all intrigued by the sight we beheld and starred earnestly to see what right-thinking person would be doing an act we viewed as very strange.